Atwater Designs

04/01/2026

There is a distinct shift in the air. So thick it is palpable. Do you feel it? The newness of spring. The magic of new beginnings. The world asking us to shift perspective.

April newsletter: “Editing Down-a slice of simple” - find it in your inbox or let me know if you’d like me to send it to you if you aren’t on my list. It feels like a new chapter of emailing you and I’m excited for a simpler version.

Gathering more thoughts to share … maybe I’ll finally pull the plug and post my first Substack. I’ve only been simmering on it for two years!! 🤣

03/06/2026

I’m so happy this piece: The Wild Garden no. 13 was accepted into the Annual Juried Show and was awarded the Leon Andrus Honorable Mention. I’m very happy to have been so warmly welcomed by the community at Adkins! Thank you!!

03/02/2026

The 2026 Workshop Schedule is live! Many opportunities to learn the art of the cyanotype this summer (and receive a copy of my book with the exception of the first one because the book will not be released until May 28.) Basics, Advanced, Fabric and a Retreat! Share with friends...and join me this summer!

Join me for a hands-on learning experience with in-person cyanotype art workshops in West Chester, PA.

02/22/2026

Honored, humbled, and thrilled to be featured in these publications last year! I couldn’t do it with you .elaine 🥰🥰🥰🥰

📕 THE ART OF THE STUDIO book, now on bookshelves
📖 magazine, first issue EXPANSION by the lovely
📖 with a short piece on my incredibly fun and hot workshop last summer
and last but not least!
📖 new magazine PATTERN (issue 1) now available !!

I’m a bit late to posting these. Did you see any of them?

02/01/2026

I saved the best for last: gold originals, a large piece and price drops for the final day of the once-a-year studio sale in originals. Live at 8am EST today (Feb 1) Ends Monday, 2/2 @ 8am EST.

01/30/2026

The annual studio sale kicks off Friday morning, January 30 at 8 AM EST! New work each day Friday -Sunday.
GIVEAWAY: Tag a friend (or two or three) and you will be entered to win one of the few remaining gold framed originals!

01/22/2026

Thank you - a beautiful write up about my work from my residency last year.

“If cyanotype once served to stabilise the world, its contemporary use often begins by unsettling habitual ways of seeing. Sarah Rafferty’s series Looking Up emerges from a literal and conceptual shift in attention. During a residency, she found herself disengaged, looking downward and registering little beyond a blur of leaves. A visit to an arboretum disrupted that orientation. Forced to look upward by towering evergreens, she encountered a new visual rhythm—patterns of light, scale, and structure that had previously gone unnoticed.
This change in perspective became a quiet methodology. Rafferty’s work does not impose narrative but asks viewers to consider how perception itself is shaped by posture, habit, and pace. Her images are less about trees as subjects than about the act of noticing—about what becomes visible when the body and gaze are reoriented.”

12/13/2025

— we’re halfway!
And it just gets better from here!
link in bio to read about this collection and purchase.

11/22/2025

today (sat) 10-6. See you soon!

11/20/2025

One of my favorite times of the year is upon us - Yuletide and Saturday (Nov 22) is this year’s HOLIDAY MARKET from 10am - 6pm. Tents will be set up at the Visitors Center and then as you walk you’ll find folks set up at the Greenhouses, outside the Gallery and inside the Gallery!!! It is sure to be a delight!

I’ll have original minis, wrapping paper, originals, napkins and more! Can’t wait to see you!

Photos 1+2
Yuletide Photo

11/16/2025

in studio
with the lovely ❤️❤️❤️ sun 11-4! Come say hello 👋🏻

Photos by the amazing